The Family
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"The Family" is a 1976 photographic series and book by Richard Avedon featuring portraits of prominent American political and cultural figures of the era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8839638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Family Context triple: [Richard Avedon, notableWork, The Family]
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A.
The Family
The Family is a funk and R&B band formed by Prince in the mid-1980s, best known for originating the song "Nothing Compares 2 U."
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B.
The Family
The Family is a contemporary gospel choir best known for collaborating with Kirk Franklin on his breakthrough 1990s recordings that blended traditional gospel with hip-hop and R&B influences.
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C.
The Family
The Family is a nocturnal, cult-like group of plague-mutated survivors in the film "The Omega Man" who violently reject technology and seek to eradicate the last remnants of human civilization.
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The Family
"The Family" is a pioneering early 20th-century sociological and anthropological study by Elsie Clews Parsons that analyzes the structure, functions, and cultural variations of the family as a social institution.
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He family
The He family is a prominent Chinese lineage known for its significant patronage of the arts and philanthropy, including founding the He Art Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Family Target entity description: "The Family" is a 1976 photographic series and book by Richard Avedon featuring portraits of prominent American political and cultural figures of the era.
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A.
The Family
The Family is a funk and R&B band formed by Prince in the mid-1980s, best known for originating the song "Nothing Compares 2 U."
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B.
The Family
The Family is a contemporary gospel choir best known for collaborating with Kirk Franklin on his breakthrough 1990s recordings that blended traditional gospel with hip-hop and R&B influences.
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C.
The Family
The Family is a nocturnal, cult-like group of plague-mutated survivors in the film "The Omega Man" who violently reject technology and seek to eradicate the last remnants of human civilization.
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D.
The Family
"The Family" is a pioneering early 20th-century sociological and anthropological study by Elsie Clews Parsons that analyzes the structure, functions, and cultural variations of the family as a social institution.
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E.
He family
The He family is a prominent Chinese lineage known for its significant patronage of the arts and philanthropy, including founding the He Art Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
photographic book
ⓘ
photographic series ⓘ |
| author | Richard Avedon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Richard Avedon in collaboration with Rolling Stone ⓘ |
| creator | Richard Avedon ⓘ |
| depicts |
cultural leaders
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influential activists ⓘ labor leaders ⓘ members of the U.S. political elite ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | magazine portfolio ⓘ |
| genre |
political photography
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portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasPhotographer | Richard Avedon ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Family ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| medium | photography ⓘ |
| notableFigureDepicted |
Andrew Young
ⓘ
Arthur Miller ⓘ Bella Abzug ⓘ Cesar Chavez ⓘ
linked to:
César Chávez
Daniel Patrick Moynihan ⓘ Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ Edward Kennedy ⓘ
linked to:
Edward M. Kennedy
George H. W. Bush ⓘ George Meany ⓘ George Wallace ⓘ Gerald Ford ⓘ Henry Kissinger ⓘ
linked to:
Henry A. Kissinger
Jimmy Carter ⓘ Nelson Rockefeller ⓘ Philip Hart ⓘ Ralph Nader ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ Sargent Shriver ⓘ |
| notableFor | portraying the American power structure of the mid-1970s ⓘ |
| photographicStyle |
large-format portraiture
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white-background portraits ⓘ |
| publicationContext |
United States presidential election of 1976
ⓘ
linked to:
1976 United States presidential election
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| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisher | Rolling Stone ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American cultural figures
ⓘ
American political figures ⓘ |
| theme |
American establishment
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political influence ⓘ power in American society ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s United States ⓘ |
| workOf | Richard Avedon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Family Description of subject: "The Family" is a 1976 photographic series and book by Richard Avedon featuring portraits of prominent American political and cultural figures of the era.
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